found a defender for $250 , got it for $220 . dont know how good of deal that is but it looks at least an 8.5 on a scale of 10. has green fiber optic front sight and a smooth action . not sure about the age either but it has not been hurt much.

maybe a tad lighter in weight than a remington 870 but around where i live the remington offering in same type gun often sells for $100 more and upward .
admittedly the remington is a great gun but i am happy with my purchase ... now got to get to the range in a few days

Al Den

June 19, 2012, 06:44 PM

What could be wrong with that purchase? Good for you! But ya gotta show us. Pics?

Pahoo

June 19, 2012, 06:50 PM

I had one two years ago, that I no longer needed and sold. You will find that this action is tried and proven. Should provide many years of good performance. ..... ;)

Be Safe !!!

Slugo

June 19, 2012, 07:56 PM

very good gun. I have a friend who shoots one in IDPA matches...

Rampant_Colt

June 19, 2012, 09:32 PM

$220 for a Defender is a great price for a great shotgun!

siloshooter

June 20, 2012, 05:12 PM

it is in the safe now and need to fire it asap .

dont really know how old or new it is but he serial is L3325xxx and it has this bright green , i would say fiber optic type , front sight that looks to be factory installed for sure.

can anyone , from that info , tell me apprx. age of gun ?

i looked a little bit on some sites that were selling defenders but didnt see any that had the type front sight that this one has .

Rampant_Colt

June 20, 2012, 07:09 PM

Defenders with the Truglo sights are newer. The older ones have just a plain bead